Management of Bilateral Synchronous Knee Prosthetic Joint Infection in a Patient with Infected Heart Transplant: A Case Report.
JBJS Case Connect
; 13(3)2023 07 01.
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ABSTRACT
CASE A 74-year-old man presented with septic shock with infection of his heart transplant and bilateral prosthetic knee joints simultaneously. He underwent bilateral knee resection arthroplasties with placement of articulating spacers. At 3-year follow-up, the patient was alive and ambulating independently. CONCLUSION:
This case represents the first report of bilateral hematogenous prosthetic knee infections associated with concomitant enterococcal endocarditis of a heart transplant treated successfully and definitively with radical debridement and placement of articulating spacer with regular implants.
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Artritis Infecciosa
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Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla
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Prótesis de la Rodilla
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2023
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